a place where election speeches are made
the proceedings of an election campaign
formerly, a raised platform used for the nomination of candidates for Parliament and for election speeches
Old English hūsting deliberative assembly, from Old Norse hūsthing, formed from hūs house + thing assembly. From the 12th cent. onwards husting or hustings referred to a court held in the Guildhall, London by the Lord Mayor and the Aldermen, hence to the platform on which these dignitaries sat; the current senses date from the 18th cent